Bob Dylan – My Own Version Of You (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (2020)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2nd fret
Play: Bm
Key: C#m
For chords in original key, transpose +2
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm x-2-4-4-3-x
Bm/A x-0-4-4-3-x
Bm/G# 4-x-4-4-3-x
Bm/G 3-x-4-4-x-x
Em/D x-x-0-0-0-0
A#aug x-1-4-3-3-x
G7 3-5-x-4-6-3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |
[Verse 1]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G All through the summers, into Janu- ary Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I've been visiting morgues and monasteries Em Em/D A/C# C Looking for the necessary body parts Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# Limbs and livers and brains and hearts
[Turnaround 1]
G I'll bring someone to life, is what I wanna do G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | I wanna create my own version of you
[Verse 2]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Well, it must be the winter of my discontent Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I wish you'd've taken me with you wherever you went E Em/D A/C# C They talk all night and they talk all day Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# Not for a minute do I believe anything they say
[Turnaround 2]
G I'm gon' bring someone to life, someone I've never seen G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | You know what I mean, you know exactly what I mean
[Verse 3]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I'll take the Scarface Pacino and The Godfather Brando Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Mix it up in a tank and get a robot commando E Em/D A/C# C If I do it upright and put the head on straight Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I'll be saved by the creature that I create
[Verse 4]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I'll get blood from a cactus, gunpowder from ice Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I don't gamble with cards and I don't shoot no dice E Em/D A/C# C If you look at my face with your sightless eye Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# Can you cross your heart and hope to die?
[Turnaround 3]
G I'll bring someone to life, someone for real G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Someone who feels the way that I feel
[Verse 5]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I study Sanskrit and Arabic to improve my mind Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I wanna do things for the benefit of all mankind E Em/D A/C# C I say to the willow tree, "Don't weep for me" Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I'm saying: “To hell to all things that I used to be
[Verse 6]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Well, I get into trouble, then I hit the wall Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G No place to turn, no place at all E Em/D A/C# C I'll pick a number between a-one and two Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# And I ask myself, "What would Julius Caesar do?"
[Turnaround 4]
G I will bring someone to life in more ways than one G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Don't matter how long it takes, it'll be done when it's done
[Verse 7]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I'm gonna make you play the piano like Leon Russell Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Like Liberace, like St. John the Apostle E Em/D A/C# C I'll play every number that I can play Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I'll see you maybe on Judgment Day
[Verse 8]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G After midnight, if you still wanna meet Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I'll be at the Black Horse Tavern on Armageddon Street E Em/D A/C# C Two doors down, not that far a walk Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# I'll hear your footsteps, you won't have to knock
[Turnaround 5]
G I'll bring someone to life, balance the scales G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | I'm not gonna get involved any insignificant details
[Verse 9]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G You can bring it to St. Peter, you can bring it to Jerome Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G You can bring it all the way over, bring it all the way home E Em/D A/C# C Bring it to the corner where the children play Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# You can bring it to me on a silver tray
[Turnaround 6]
G I'll bring someone to life, spare no expense G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Do it with decency and common sense
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |
[Verse 10]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Can you tell me what it means, to be or not to be? Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G You won't get away with fooling me E Em/D A/C# C Can you help me walk that moonlight mile? Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# Can you give me the blessings of your smile?
[Turnaround 7]
G I'll bring someone to life, use all of my powers G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Do it in the dark, in the wee, small hours
[Verse 11]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G I can see the history of the whole human race Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G It's all right there, it's carved into your face E Em/D A/C# C Should I break it all down? Should I fall on my knees? Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Is there light at the end of the tunnel, can you tell me, please?
[Verse 12]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Stand over there by the cypress tree Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Where the Trojan women and children were sold into slavery E Em/D A/C# C Long before the first Crusade Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Way back before England or America were made
[Verse 13]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Step right into the burning hell Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Where some of the best-known enemies of mankind dwell E Em/D A/C# C Mr. Freud with his dreams, Mr. Marx with his axe Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G See the raw hide lash rip the skin from their backs
[Verse 14]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G Got the right spirit, you can feel it, you can hear it Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G You've got what they call the immortal spirit E Em/D A/C# C You can feel it all night, you can feel it in the morn' Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G It creeps in your body the day you were born
[Verse 15]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G One strike of lightning is all that I need Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G And a blast of electricity that runs at top speed E Em/D A/C# C Shimmy your ribs, I'll stick in the knife Bm A#aug Bm/A Bm/G# Gonna jumpstart my creation to life
[Turnaround 8]
G I wanna bring someone to life, turn back the years G7 | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Do it with laughter and do it with tears (repeat and fade)